BJP chief Shah gives call for 'Congress- mukt' Northeast

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Northeast Development Alliance, or NEDA, which his party leads, would have governments in all the eight northeastern states. Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed that at least one minister from his ministerial council will visit the region each fortnight, and the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is preparing a roster for ministers. Addressing the second conclave of NEDA, Shah said the BJP and its allies would soon achieve the objective of making the northeast region ‘Congress- mukt’. Currently, the BJP and its allies run governments in five of these states. While Tripura has a Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government, Mizoram and Meghalaya have Congress governments.